RMS Lusitania - Wikipedia RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner launched by the Cunard Line in 1906 as a Royal Mail Ship She was the world's largest passenger ship until the completion of her running mate Mauretania three months later
Lusitania | History, Sinking, Facts, Significance | Britannica Lusitania, British ocean liner, the sinking of which by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915, contributed indirectly to the entry of the United States into World War I The sinking led to the deaths of 1,198 people, including 128 U S citizens, which led to a wave of indignation in the United States
RMS Lusitania: Tragic Victim of WWI - World History Encyclopedia RMS Lusitania was a British transatlantic liner infamously sunk by a German U-boat on 7 May 1915 during the First World War (1914-18) Struck off the coast of southern Ireland, the ship sank in less than 20 minutes, and nearly 1,200 passengers lost their lives
Torpedoes and Tragedy: The Sinking of RMS Lusitania On the afternoon of May 7, 1915, the British ocean liner RMS Lusitania was sailing off the southern coast of Ireland when a German submarine fired a torpedo at it – and struck
The Lusitania Resource: Passengers Crew, Facts History The RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-20 on 7 May 1915, becoming a casualty of World War I 128 American civilians died in the attack, turning American opinion against Germany, making the sinking a turning point of the war
The Sinking of the Lusitania - Council on Foreign Relations The passengers on board the RMS Lusitania, the fastest and most luxurious cruise ship on the seas, eagerly anticipated their impending arrival in Liverpool, just six days after departing New York
What Sunk the Lusitania? - WorldAtlas The story of the Lusitania, the luxury ocean liner sunk by a German U-boat in 1915, whose tragic end reshaped the course of World War I
Lusitania: The Greyhound’s Wake - HFX Studios Lusitania: The Greyhound’s Wake Our most exciting and ambitious virtual museum experience to date, Lusitania: The Greyhound's Wake has already rewritten history, even before the final game has been published What can you expect when the game is released?
PBS Online - Lost Liners - Lusitania We came to the wreck of the Lusitania in the summer of 1993 hoping to solve its greatest mystery: What caused the violent secondary explosion that undoubtedly led the ship to sink so quickly?